By Solomons H.B. No. 75 76R261 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use of automatic external defibrillators for 1-3 cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Chapter 790 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 790. MISCELLANEOUS EMERGENCY PROVISIONS 1-8 Sec. 790.001. USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. (a) 1-9 A person may, in accordance with this section, use an automatic 1-10 external defibrillator for the purpose of saving the life of 1-11 another in cardiac arrest. 1-12 (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 773 or other law, a person is 1-13 not required to hold any license or certificate issued by 1-14 government, but the person must have successfully completed a 1-15 course that includes training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 1-16 that requires the person trained to demonstrate proficiency in the 1-17 use of an automatic external defibrillator. 1-18 (c) As soon as practicable after a person uses an automatic 1-19 external defibrillator for the purpose of saving the life of 1-20 another in cardiac arrest, the person shall use or direct another 1-21 to use the 9-1-1 service to seek appropriate emergency assistance. 1-22 If 9-1-1 service is not available, the person shall attempt to seek 1-23 appropriate emergency assistance in another practicable way. 1-24 (d) Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 2-1 applies to emergency care administered through the use of an 2-2 automatic external defibrillator without regard to whether the 2-3 person administering the care is described by Section 74.001(b)(2), 2-4 Civil Practice and Remedies Code. For purposes of this subsection 2-5 and Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a person who 2-6 uses or gratuitously provides the automatic external defibrillator 2-7 is considered to have administered emergency care. 2-8 (e) A person who possesses an automatic external 2-9 defibrillator is encouraged to register the existence and location 2-10 of the device with the local provider of emergency medical 2-11 services. 2-12 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-18 passage, and it is so enacted.